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The woods in the deep south resemble a jungle. I've hunted areas where you could have a brass band and a dozen baton twirlers 50 yards away and you wouldn't see them.
Unless you're set up in a field I doubt you'd ever get a shot greater than 50 yards. The longest shot I ever bagged a deer was about a 100-125 yards in a green field but typically if you see deer in the woods its more like maximum of 30-40 yards. My average is about 65 yards with maximum of about 100-125 and minimum of 35+/- .
Concerning rifles, I've gotten deer with .243, 6.5 Grendel (the most elegant and efficient deer caliber I know), .270, .35 Rem, .45-70 and .50 muzzle loader, from 100 grain to 325 grain bullets, but I've given serious consideration to trying 00 buckshot due to the short ranges involved.
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